“There have been a number of very interesting analyses showing that just vaccinating your own country and then sitting there and saying ‘we’re fine’ will not work economically,” Harris told BBC Breakfast on Saturday. “We’re so connected and unless we get all societies working effectively once again, every society will …
Read More »France SHUTS borders to ALL TRAVEL to and from non-EU countries in push to control Covid spread
Speaking in a televised address after meeting with President Emmanuel Macron and senior ministers, Castex said that officials had decided against introducing a new national lockdown in a drastic bid to curb new Covid infections. Instead, tighter border controls are being introduced alongside tougher action against covid rule-breakers. “We know …
Read More »Two shocking headlines that sum up Covid: Billionaires MADE $3.9 trillion during the pandemic, while workers LOST $3.7 trillion
In a simple comparison, two headlines seem to say it all about the economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis: the first, from Business Insider, reads “Billionaires made $3.9 trillion during the pandemic” while the second, from The Guardian, shouts “Covid-19 has cost global workers $3.7 trillion in lost earnings.” A …
Read More »As Covid-19 rages, capitalist elites ignore the working class. They forget that, until all are safe, none are
Karl Marx wrote in 1848, “The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe. It must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connections everywhere.” This was not a prediction, not even a political ideology, but economic theory. Karl Marx understood …
Read More »Just in time for Joe? US Covid-19 cases drop a record 35 percent over last three weeks
The New York Times posted the encouraging statistics on Thursday, crediting “the very early stages of herd immunity” and a possible increase in mask-wearing and social distancing. The paper did not provide evidence for any of the claims, calling them “possible explanations.” “The United States has never experienced a sharp …
Read More »As EU warns of delays to Covid-19 vaccine doses, makers of Russia’s Sputnik V say they are ‘ready to help’ bloc access supplies
Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, the team behind the vaccine, developed at Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute, said “the EU should focus on getting a diversified portfolio of vaccines. Sputnik V is here to help.” The centralized regulator, they argued, ought to increase the pace of appraisals for vaccines made elsewhere, including …
Read More »Tony Blair urges UK govt to use G7 presidency to implement ‘inevitable’ global Covid-19 vaccine passport
The former UK prime minister’s think tank, the Tony Blair Institute (TBI), said in a newly released report that the UK should use its position as leader of the G7 to “place the creation of a global Covid-19 travel pass as a key item” on the group’s agenda. Speaking to …
Read More »Bill Gates shocked by Covid conspiracy theories about him and Fauci, suggests social media firms may help censor such ‘evil’ talk
“Nobody would have predicted that I and Dr. Fauci would be so prominent in really kind of evil theories about — did we create the pandemic, are we trying to profit from it? — and on and on,” Gates said Wednesday in a Reuters interview. Gates, whose foundation has committed …
Read More »‘We took the right decisions at the right time’ says minister, despite UK registering more than 100,000 Covid deaths
Speaking on Wednesday, one day after the UK’s Covid-19 death toll topped 100,000, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick told Sky News that the government had done its best and took the “right decisions at the right time.” “We took the decisions that we could at the time on the basis of …
Read More »South Korea reports spike in Covid-19 cases linked to Christian schools and churches
A total of 297 Covid-19 cases were traced to six churches and schools run by a Christian organization, senior health official Yoon Tae-ho told a news briefing on Wednesday. A major cluster of more than 100 cases was confirmed overnight among people linked to a church and its mission school …
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